Certification_of_Independent_Price_Determination.pdf
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- LUNCHROOM SMALL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES - STOCK
- Solicitation number
- 020-RW-1026
- Issued by
- Polk County, Florida
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This is a Certification of Independent Price Determination form required for the Polk County Schools' lunchroom small equipment and supplies procurement in Florida. The certification document establishes the legal framework for bid submission, requiring offerors to confirm that pricing has been developed independently without consultation, communication, or agreement with competitors regarding prices, submission intentions, or pricing methodologies. The form applies to a one-year contract for the procurement of small equipment and supplies for the School Nutrition program, with delivery to The School Board of Polk County, Florida warehouse located in Bartow, Florida.
The certification mandates that offerors confirm prices have not been disclosed to competitors before bid opening and that no attempts have been made to induce or discourage competitor bids. Each signatory must certify personal responsibility for price determination or provide written authorization as an agent for principals bound by the same restrictions. Should an offeror disclose pricing information to competitors, the offeror must provide a detailed signed statement explaining the circumstances of such disclosure. This standard anti-collusion and price-fixing certification protects the integrity of the competitive bidding process and ensures fair market competition among all potential vendors responding to this School Board procurement opportunity.
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Certification of Independent Price Determination
(a) The offeror certifies that:
(1) The prices in this offer have been arrived at independently, without, for the purpose of restricting competition, any consultation, communication or agreement with any other offeror or competitor relating to-
i. Those prices;
ii. The intention to submit an offer; or
iii. The methods or factors used to calculate the prices offered.
(2) The prices in this offer have not been and will not be knowingly disclosed by the offeror, directly or indirectly, to any other offeror or competitor before bid opening (in the case of a sealed solicitation) or contract award (in the case of a negotiated solicitation) unless otherwise required by law; and
(3) No attempt has been made or will be made by the offeror to induce any other concern to submit or not to submit an offer for the purpose of restricting competition.
(b) Each signature on the offer is considered to be a certification by the signatory that the signatory
(1) Is the person in the offeror’s organization responsible for determining the prices being offered in this proposal, and that the signatory has not participated and will not participate in any action contrary to paragraphs (a) (1) through (a) (3) of this provision; or
(2)(i) Has been authorized, in writing, to act as agent for the following principals in certifying that those principals have not participated, and will not participate in any action contrary to paragraphs (a) (1) through (a) (3) of this provision:
Print Name of Authorized Signatory Date
Signature of Authorized Signatory Title
(ii) As an authorized agent, does certify that the principals named in subdivision (b)(2)(i) of this provision have not participated, and will not participate in any action contrary to paragraphs (a) (1) through (a) (3) of this provision; and
(iii) As an agent, has not personally participated, and will not participate, in any action contrary to paragraphs (a) (1) through (a) (3) of this provision.
(c) If the offeror deletes or modifies paragraph (a)(2) of this provision, the offeror must furnish with their offer a signed statement setting forth in detail the circumstances of the disclosure.
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